“Government can take the help of private partners, but the real problem is commercialisation and we’re against commercialisation of Education”, reiterated Mr. Suhail K.K., National President of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO). He was delivering the Presidential Address at the Seminar on “Education Policy: Present & Future” organised by SIO Goa Zone, on June 16 at Miramar Residency, Miramar, Goa.
Earlier the Chief Guest of the Seminar, Mr. Shantaram Naik, Member of Parliament from Goa, emphasised, “The policies of the Government are not at fault but it’s the implementation that is lacking and is faulty.” He further said, “Teachers are not aware of the education policy and the laws that govern them.” Thus he said that the knowledge about the policy doesn’t trickle down.
In his Keynote address, Shahnawaz Ali Raihan, Central Secretary of SIO browsed through the history of education policies and then pointed out the loopholes in them. He said our education pattern teaches about the world but is unable to teach about one’s own village, town or district. He lamented the way in which governments have tried to infuse their ideology regardless of what is necessary and what the future demands. Mr. Raihan warned about the consequences of privatisation of education.
Mr. Anwar Khan, President of SIO Goa Zone delivered the Inaugural address and explained the need and purpose of organizing the seminar. Mr. Bhiku Pai Angle, a noted senior academician and educationist spoke on ‘Traditional Streams and Professional Education’. Psychologist and Lecturer at the Post-Graduate Dept. of Psychology, St. Xavier’s College, Goa, Dr. Suhas Shetgovekar spoke on ‘Teacher-Student Relationship’. Though she didn’t criticised the education policy directly, she spoke about the current trends and human traits of behaviour. Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo, Educationist, Columnist and Ex-Dy. Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly speaking on ‘Secularism and religious Identities’, focused on value education as a part of the curriculum. Social Activist and Columnist, Mr. Jason Fernandes speaking on ‘Oriental and Subaltern Histories’ elaborated on the way historiographies are written and how the British influence has had an impact on our history writing and presentation.